organized crime

MEXICO-DRUG WAR: The Mexican army hopes to gain more credit at home and abroad for its work

MEXICO-VIOLENCE: Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, “Don Neto” was released from prison and placed under house arrest in 2016 due to poor health and age

MEXICO-CORRUPTION: Edgar Veytia, 46, was arrested earlier this week after U.S. border agents stopped him and ran his name as he tried to enter the United States from Mexico

“If a lawyer happened to be a member of the Sinaloa Cartel he would be able to have access to classified evidence and travel outside the U.S. with this knowledge.”

Burial site uncovered just days after Colinas de Santa Fe mass grave findings

The site was uncovered last year after a tip to members of Colectivo Solecito, one of several groups of frustrated relatives searching for the tens of thousands of people who have gone missing during the gang drug wars

Investigators find more than 250 skulls in Gulf state of Veracruz: “the biggest grave in Mexico and maybe one of the biggest in the world."

The state prosecutors' office said members of the gang were responsible for killing three state detectives who were investigating kidnappings by the gang, known as "The Bucanans."

Violence surge in the southern tip of the Baja California penninsula in Mexico

The 22 men and 9 women did not have visas to be in Mexico and said they were being held by a group of armed men who had demanded money for their release